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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 蹑手蹑脚

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
蹑手蹑脚 niè shǒu niè jiǎo - to walk quietly on tiptoe (idiom)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 34,740 52,629 54,264

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
niè- to walk on tiptoe
- to walk quietly
- to tread (on)
- to follow
shǒu- hand
- (formal) to hold
- person engaged in certain types of work
- person skilled in certain types of work
- personal(ly)
- convenient
- classifier for skill
- CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
niè- to walk on tiptoe
- to walk quietly
- to tread (on)
- to follow
jiǎo- foot
- leg (of an animal or an object)
- base (of an object)
- CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- classifier for kicks
jué- role (variant of 角[jue2])

Other Words Containing 蹑手蹑脚

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
蹑手蹑脚 - - 34,740 52,629 54,264